Pompeo Ferrari
Illustration — Fara Church in Poznań, Poland Pompeo Ferrari (circa 1660 – 15 May 1736) was an Italian architect, known as the best Baroque artist of Greater Poland.
Also recorded as Pompea Ferrarich · Pompeo Ferri · Pompeo Ferreriusz
Pompeo Ferrari
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- Born
- 1660. · Rome.
- Died
- 1736. · Gmina Rydzyna.
- Nationality
- Italy.
- Occupation
- architect.
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Biography
Biography
He studied in the leading art school of the era – Accademia di San Luca in Rome. After 1696, he lived in the court of the king Stanislaus I Leszczyński in Rydzyna. In 1703 he married Anna Rozyna Eitner, with whom he had several children.
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Pompeo Ferrari lived from 1660 to 1736 and was an architect. Pompeo Ferrari was born in 1660. Pompeo Ferrari died in 1736.
Main works
Main works
• Leszno town hall (disputed) and tombs in the parish church • Urban foundation of Rydzyna • Ląd Abbey • Basilica on the Holy Mountain near Gostyń • Teodor Potocki's chapel at the Cathedral in Gniezno • Fara Church in Poznań
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1660
Pompeo Ferrari was born on 1 January 1660.
1736
Pompeo Ferrari died on 1 January 1736.
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Rome.
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Gmina Rydzyna.
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- Wikidata, structured authority record Q11823765: Pompeo Ferrari
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- “Pompeo Ferrari”, English Wikipedia, consulted as further reading
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